NOHSIC 2011 Activities:

2011 Goals

Define, prioritize and initiate new, incumbent and future workforce development
objectives
Develop NOHSIC’s organizational capacity, structure and sustainability for initiating
workforce development solutions
Brand, position and increase awareness and support of NOHSIC in Northeast Ohio
Advance NOHSIC goals through effective federal and state advocacy efforts

2011 Activities Towards Goals

NOHSIC is an active partner for WorkAdvance, a local initiative under the leadership of Towards’ Employment training and placing 120 low-income workers for positions in healthcare
NOHSIC is partnering with Global Cleveland, the Ohio Board of Regents, NEO ABLE, and
Upwardly Global to recruit, educate and train 145 healthcare-skilled immigrant workers living in the region or seeking to live in the region
Submitted a grant to the US Department of Labor train 150 incumbent workers by designing
targeted outreach and a mentoring program and training 350 long-term unemployed
workers
NOHSIC continues to participate with WVIZ/Ideastream through their Career Exploration program
NOHSIC hosted our First Military Job Fair with 159 attendees and 8 regional partners
seeking to place our military personnel
NOHSIC partnered with The Cleveland Foundation and its public/private program with the Cuyahoga County Family & Children First Council's MyCom initiative to host its first Future Healthcare Workforce Summit including sponsorships from Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center, NEOMed, Cleveland State University, and Cuyahoga Community College
Partnership with the Department of Labor Assistant Secretary creating an alliance with the
Department of Labor and their priorities
Met with Governor John Kasich regarding NOHSIC and its capabilities to assist him
in delivering on his workforce plans and programs
Provided testimony to the State of Ohio and referencing our belief in developing our workforce including opportunities for our future workers through job shadow and paid work experience options
Working in partnership with the Ohio Board of Regents and US Senator Sherrod Brown’s office to realize our priorities and assist their offices with greater understanding of our workforce needs
NOHSIC hired an Executive Director to facilitate and execute the Board’s plans
Secured office space in BioEnterprise
Sought over $500,000 in grant funds to support our workforce solutions and our
partnership and continue to seek out support for building regional partnerships